visibly

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/ˈvɪz.ə.bli//ˈvɪzɪbli/

adverb

In a visible manner; openly.

“He was visibly upset while reading the news live on air about the school shooting.”

Less commonScrabble 15

Meanings

adverbvisibly (comparative more visibly, superlative most visibly)

comparative more visibly · superlative most visibly

  1. In a visible manner; openly.

    He was visibly upset while reading the news live on air about the school shooting.

    2 more examples

    Three years later, the unwatered cactus was still about two feet tall, a dark green color. The watered cactus was a paler green, its trunk visibly swollen with moisture. It had grown to be over five feet tall.

    2013, Leslie Morgan Steiner, The Baby Chase

    The question, which visibly moved Clinton, delves into an area of the candidate’s life that is deeply personal but rarely discussed. Clinton’s friends and confidants describe the former first lady as a devout Methodist whose faith guides much of what she does.

    2016 January 25, Dan Merica, “In personal exchange, Clinton laments using faith to ‘judge so harshly’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 06 Sep 2022

    Synonyms: apparently, evidently, plainly

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn a visible manner; openly.

More synonyms by meaning

adverbin a visible manner

Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian ви́димо, очевидно
  • ви́димо (vídimo)in a visible manner
  • очевидно (očevidno)in a visible manner
Catalan visiblement, a la vista
  • visiblementin a visible manner
  • a la vistain a visible manner
Dutch zichtbaar
  • zichtbaarin a visible manner
Esperanto videble
  • videblein a visible manner
French visiblement
  • visiblementin a visible manner
German sichtbar
  • sichtbarin a visible manner
Hungarian láthatóan, szemlátomást
  • láthatóanin a visible manner
  • szemlátomástin a visible manner
Italian visibilmente
  • visibilmentein a visible manner
Japanese はっきり, 目に見えて
  • はっきり (hakkiri)in a visible manner
  • 目に見えて (me ni miete)in a visible manner
  • 明らかに (akiraka ni)in a visible manner
  • 瞭然と (ryōzen to)in a visible manner
Latvian redzams, redzami
  • redzamsin a visible manner
  • redzamiin a visible manner
Portuguese visivelmente
  • visivelmentein a visible manner
Russian ви́димо, я́вно
  • ви́димо (vídimo)in a visible manner
  • я́вно (jávno)in a visible manner
  • заме́тно (zamétno)in a visible manner
Spanish visiblemente, a ojos vistas
  • visiblementein a visible manner
  • a ojos vistasin a visible manner
Cite this entry
APA

visibly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/visibly

MLA

“visibly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/visibly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “visibly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/visibly.

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